Disclaimer: See Chapter One

Charmed Generations

Chapter Two

Too Many Realities

"Don't you think you two are rushing things a bit?" Piper asked as she watched her sons prepare to go back in time. "I mean, you don't even know what you're up against, or if you're up against anything!"

"Somebody has left this time and gone into the past, maybe multiple somebodies," Chris said for what seemed to be the hundredth time. "If we don't rush, the future may be changed so much that we don't even know that something is wrong!"

Piper sighed. "Well, you better be careful."

"Your mother is right," Leo said. "Time travel is dangerous. Not to mention that whoever is doing this is probably trying to eliminate you from the picture."

"We know," Wyatt said. "But don't worry about us, we'll be okay."

"You had better be," Piper warned.

Chris smiled. "We're going to try to come back not long after we leave, so even though we'll be stuck in the past for a while, we won't miss too much in the present."

"Wouldn't want to leave you guys defenseless if a demon attacks," Wyatt said cheekily.
"Alright, mister. Need I remind you that I was fighting off demons before you were even born?" Piper retorted. "You have made sure that you keep your powers when you go back, right?"

"Yes, Mom, we got it covered," Chris replied. "And we're all set."

"Great! Let's go!"

OoooOoooOoooO

Wyatt and Chris stepped out of the glowing triquetra into the attic of 2003.

"Wow," Wyatt remarked. "Not much has changed here."

"That we can see," Chris replied. "But that's not important right now. What are we supposed to do now?"

"Well, if in your altered memory, someone from our time was attacking the other Chris, then whoever came back is after him," Wyatt answered.

"Is it safe to just assume that? What if that's what they want us to think?"

"But they had no way of knowing that we would find out about them. I think it's safe to assume."

"Well, whatever we do, we're going to have to figure out what's happening in this time. I mean, we can't vanquish every demon that happens to attack the other Chris. We can't risk vanquishing one that was suppose to," Chris reasoned. "Do you think you can draw on my invisibility power for very long?"

"I should be able to, why?"

"We'll have to split up. One of us will follow Chris while the other keeps an eye on Mom and the aunts."

"Okay, well, I'll follow Chris," Wyatt stated.

"But you don't have his memories. How will you know if something is suppose to happen or not?"

"I can draw on our connection."

"Why bother when I can just follow him myself and save us the trouble of you rooting about in my mind?"

"Because Chris will be going all over the Underworld and who knows where else and getting in all kinds of trouble, and I don't want you caught in the crossfire," Wyatt said with reluctance.

Chris gave him a look. "You don't always have to protect me, you know?"
"Chris, please don't argue with me about this," Wyatt pleaded. "I do know that you can take care of yourself, but you have to realize that I will always try to keep you safe. Besides, this isn't really that big of a deal. We're in each other's mind more often than not anyway."

"Fine, go. But we are really going to have to talk about giving each other more personal space!"

"Why? You'd probably be the first one to butt in after the discussion. You're way too nosy for your own good," Wyatt replied before orbing out, leaving Chris with a petulant frown on his face.

OoooOoooOoooO

"— found out about this!" Leo was saying as Chris entered the kitchen, invisible and cloaking his presence from his father. He was talking to Piper about something, with Wyatt sitting in his high chair nearby.

"Do you know where Chris got this?" he asked Piper, gesturing towards a pendant he was holding up.

"A swap meet?" she replied dismissively.

"He killed for it! The Valkyrie who owned this pendant was murdered!"

"This is not cool, Leo! I have people coming here in ten minutes!"

"Chris isn't who he says he is, Piper. I know he's the one who banished me to Valhalla, and this proves it!" Leo insisted.

"You know what, Leo? Nothing will ever change with you! You will always try to find a way to make your job more important than your family!" Piper shot back.

"Taking care of my family is my job, Piper, and right now I need to find out what Chris is up to," Leo replied before orbing away.

Chris watched as his mother went about the kitchen preparing for her friends' visit. He couldn't think of why his father disliked this other Chris so much. And if he really was sent to Valhalla by Chris, he couldn't understand why he would do something like that. Leo would have only tried to help Chris if he knew that he was there to help Wyatt. Leo would, and did, give up everything for his sons. Didn't the other Chris know that?

OoooOoooOoooO

Wyatt watched in stunned horror as Chris gave the Charmed Ones over to the demon. Why was he doing this?

"With this you can bring them into your world from the comfort of your own cave," Chris was saying.

"They'll die, you know. Victims of their own desires," Gith said, looking hard at Chris. "Is that what you want?"

"I'm counting on it. Why else would I offer to help?" he asked, discreetly slipping a bloody cloth into his pocket. "So good luck, and for the sake of both our lives, don't screw this up," he warned, orbing out.

Wyatt waited a moment longer, and then orbed out as well.

OoooOoooOoooO

Chris walked cautiously into the living room and took off his invisibility. "Wyatt?" he called softly, looking around.

"Right here," he replied, removing his invisibility as well.

"What happened? Why did Mom and little Wyatt just disappear?" Chris asked frantically.

"Your other self gave them up to a demon," Wyatt said. "But, strangely, I don't think he wants them hurt. I think he has issues."

"Well, from what I know of his life, it ain't been a picnic," Chris replied. "Fortunately, I don't this has anything to do with our guy."

A loud crash is heard from the attic follow by a cry of pain.

"But that might," Wyatt said as they both orbed to the attic, forgetting to put up their invisibility.

OoooOoooOoooO

Leo looked up dazedly at the demon hovering over him and Chris. He had literally come out of nowhere and attacked them. And from the look on Chris's face, he didn't think this was the demon that had the sisters.

"Hello, Chris, I'm here to kill you," the demon said as he threw Chris against the wall. Chris cried out in pain. "Nothing personal, but I have it on good authority that the completion of your mission will allow Good to reign. We can't really have that now, can we?"

"Hey!" a blonde man yelled as he threw the demon against the other wall as he orbed in with… another Chris?

'What the hell is going on?' Leo thought. The demon exploded as the blonde gestured towards him again in a motion very similar to Piper's when she used her power.

"What the hell?" Chris exclaimed in confusion. Leo was glad that, for once, they were both in the same boat as far as knowledge about what was going on was concerned.

"Great, we are so screwed," the other Chris said, glaring at his companion.

"What? This is not all my fault!" the other argued. "Besides, they don't know exactly who we are yet. Well, he does," he conceded gesturing towards Chris. "But D- I mean Leo doesn't."

"Could you two please explain to me why the hell you are here?" Chris demanded.

"Well, could you explain to me why you are still here when you have to go help the sisters?" Chris countered. "Go!" At Chris's hesitation, he added, "Now!"

Chris orbed out, leaving the two alone with Leo. "No chance of you just forgetting this happened, is there?" Chris asked hopefully.

"Not a chance."

"Well, how about you go and do whatever it is that you have to do, and we'll explain as much as we can to you and Chris when he gets back after helping the sisters," the other guy said.

"How do I know I can trust you to come back?" Leo asked suspiciously.

"Where are we going to go? We're kinda stuck in this time," he replied cheerfully.

Leo still was buying it.

"Listen," Chris said. "You're going to have to trust us. I promise, we only want what's best for you and your family. That's why we're here. To ensure that your family remains in tact."

Leo nodded, realizing that this Chris was actually telling him the truth. He could see the sincerity in his eyes. "We will talk later," he said before orbing out.

"Well, that went well."

"Yeah, if you can keep your big mouth from blurting out anything important," Chris said, shooting a look at Wyatt.

"Hey, for once, this wasn't caused by my inability to keep a secret," Wyatt pointed out.

Tbc…